bpv_832734 - PHILIPPUS II Dupondius
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Type : Dupondius
Date: c. 247-249
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Pisidie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,30 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli buste. Revers agréable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG P M.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II Auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius Felix Augustus Parthicus Maximus”, (L’empereur Marc Jules Philippe pieux heureux auguste grand parthique.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CAES ANTIOCH COL/ -|-// S R.
Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence) debout à gauche tenant un sceptre long et une baguette au-dessus d’un globe.
Reverse translation : “Antiochi Colonia Cæsari/Senatus Romanus”, (Sénat romain de la colonie césarienne d’Antioche).
Historical background
PHILIPPUS II
(05/244-09/249)
Augustus
Philip II, son of Philip the Arab and Otacilia Severa, was named Augustus in 247. He participated in the commemoration of the millennium of Rome which began on April 21, 247. Philip, his father, was killed at the battle of Verona . Philip II was assassinated shortly thereafter. We do not know what happened to Otacilia Sévéra. Philip II was made Caesar shortly after the accession of his father who awarded him the title of prince of youth.
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